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Moving overseas Thu Mar 29, 2007 22:00 pm  Moving overseas
 

Hi,

I have a question to those of you who have moved from a country to another: What sort of things did you take with you to your new homeland and how much did it cost you?

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Moving overseas Thu Mar 29, 2007 22:37 pm  Moving overseas
 

Hi EU

When I first went to Germany, I went with 4 suitcases. Three years later, when I felt certain that I'd be staying for "quite a while", I had my household goods shipped over in a container. I didn't ship anything requiring electricity except for my phone. I bought things such as washing machine, TV, toaster, microwave, vacuum cleaner, lamps, etc in Germany. I took my phone only because cordless phones cost about ten times more in Germany back then and both the electrical part and the jack on my American phone were easy to adapt.

Shipping a container of household goods isn't cheap, but I imagine the price varies somewhat from country to country. If you have a lot of books (as I did), that can add tremendously to the total weight. I think it nearly doubled mine. The price usually reflects both volume and weight.

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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:08 am  Moving overseas
 

Hi Amy,

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Where did you keep your household goods during your first four years in Germany?

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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 15:35 pm  Moving overseas
 

Hi there,

I brought photos of my mom, dad, and my baby sister,Quran,my physics books(in English, in case I can't/couldn't/don't understand my Japanese lecturer) cash, travellers' checks, and lots of Malaysian food.Mostly food.And some clothes of course.

Nina

p.s. please help me with the underline words. Thank you.
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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 16:06 pm  Moving overseas
 

NinaZara wrote:
I brought ... in case I can't/couldn't/don't understand my Japanese lecturer

Hi Nina

The brought/couldn't combination would work in any case. Can't or don't would only work if you haven't yet found out whether or not you understand your Japanese lecturer.

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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 16:54 pm  Moving overseas
 

Amy

If I may ask, approximately how much did it cost to ship all of that stuff over to Deutschland?
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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 18:49 pm  Moving overseas
 

Thanks Amy. So I take it all three can be used here?

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Moving overseas Fri Mar 30, 2007 19:05 pm  Moving overseas
 

Hi Nina

Assuming you haven't met your lecturer yet, yes.

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Hi Tom

15 years ago it cost approximately $3000. The move back cost double that.
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